Fifteen students from Cardiff and Vale College have been recognised for their inspirational work and dedication at a special ceremony to honour adult learners.
Cardiff and Vale College students shine at awards ceremony for inspirational adult learners
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M.A. TESOL & TESL Certificate Information Session to be held on August 17th at 5:00 pm
If you plan to attend this information session, please let us know in advance by emailing linginfo@pdx.edu.
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APU Alumnae Selected by U.S. Department of State for Prestigious Fellowship
Azusa Pacific University alumnae Nancy M. Harcar ’13 was selected for a 10-month fellowship project teaching English in the West Bank Palestinian Territories. Harcar grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and is one of 165 U.S. citizens selected for the 2016-17 English Language Fellow Program. After a lengthy application process and multiple interviews, she was offered the project in Nablus, West Bank Palestinian Territories.
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State Education Department Submits Comments on Federal Every Student Succeeds Act Proposed Rulemaking
The New York State Education Department today submitted comments on the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDE) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Academic Assessments under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Department’s comments focus on the need to provide states with greater flexibility in the testing of certain English language learners and students with disabilities.
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IU Bloomington hosting 21 Fulbright educators from 10 countries
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Twenty-one teachers from 10 countries around the world are living this semester in Bloomington. They are observing classes and completing research projects as scholars in the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program hosted by the Center for International Education, Development and Research at the IU School of Education.
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Low English skills at school start linked to behavioural difficulties
Children who enter reception with poor English language skills – whether it’s their first language or an additional language – are more likely to have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in later years, finds a new study co-authored by UCL and Royal Holloway and funded by Wellcome.
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U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance on English Learners
The U.S. Department of Education today released non-regulatory guidance to help states, districts and schools provide effective services to improve the English language proficiency and academic achievement of English learners (ELs) through Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The guidance is an effort to ensure that students who are English learners receive the high-quality services they need to be college and career ready.
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WriteToLearn From Pearson Now Allows District Administrators to See Impact on Student Literacy Skills
New York, NY — Today Pearson announced new capabilities in WriteToLearn, its award-winning automatically scored, web-based tool for building writing and reading comprehension skills for students in grades 4-12. The personalized assessment and learning solution used in hundreds of schools around the country will now put student performance and usage data in the hands of district administrators, allowing them to learn about the impact that WriteToLearn is having on improving literacy skills.
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Inspection of Basil Paterson College
Education Scotland will today publish its report on the review of Basil Paterson College.
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M.A. TESOL & TESL Certificate Information Session to be held on November 14th at 4:30
If you plan to attend this information session, please let us know in advance by emailing linginfo@pdx.edu.
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Professor, Center X researchers to assist English language learners
Their work will support the Exc-EL Leadership Academy, done in partnership with public schools in Shelton, Connecticutt. Bailey will serve as principal investigator, and Jason Cervone, an evaluation specialist at UCLA’s Center X, will serve as project director.
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SOPE Launches On-demand FE Electrical Prep Course
School of PE, has introduced an on-demand FE electrical prep course, to provide convenience to readers to prepare for the exam at their own pace.
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NYSUT calls for greater investment for ELL students
ALBANY, N.Y. Dec. 5, 2016 - New York State United Teachers today called on the state to create a new state aid category and fund it with at least $200 million as a way to provide increased support to its growing number of English Language Learners.
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New ESL active learning lab expands learning possibilities for international students
Students in Dan Pell’s course study in the active learning lab in the English as a Second Language Department inside Helen C. White Hall.
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Success for Elmwoods Pauline as she gains MA in Teaching
SRUC’s Education for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Co-ordinator Pauline Blake-Johnston has achieved an MA in Teaching ESOL from the Linguistics Department at Lancaster University.
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Faculty appointed co-editors for TESOL Quarterly
Two Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages faculty members have been appointed co-editors for TESOL Quarterly, the academic journal for the TESOL International Association.
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Nevada's English Proficiency Testing Window Closes
Immediate ReleaseCarson City, NV - The administration of the 2016-17 WIDA tests in Nevada schools has been completed and districts should receive preliminary results in May.“The quick turnaround of results will help districts best meet the needs of their students entering the 2017-2018 school year,” said Mike Pacheco, Educational Program Supervisor over Assessments at the Nevada Department of Education.Nevada has submitted its consolidated Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state plan to the U.S. Department of Education. Under ESSA, states must provide for an annual assessment of English language proficiency, aligned with their English language proficiency standards, for all English Learners (EL). Additionally, ESSA requires states to have standardized statewide entrance and exit procedures for ELs.
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PRIORITY NOTICE: Maine DOE announces change in English learner reclassifications
Maine DOE has changed English learner reclassifications to Overall Composite Proficiency Level Score of 5 or greater on ACCESS 2.0.
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AIR Study Finds Californias Transitional Kindergarten Gives English Learner Students Advantage for Kindergarten
Washington, D.C. – English learner (EL) students who attend California’s transitional kindergarten program enter kindergarten with stronger English language, mathematics and literacy skills than English learners who did not attend transitional kindergarten, according to a new study released today by the American Institutes for Research (AIR). The study is based on AIR’s multi-year study of transitional kindergarten in California, a state where one-third of kindergartners are classified as English learners.
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Maine DOE issues reminder to complete survey on the identification and exit criteria for English learners
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, states are required to establish a uniform method of identifying and reclassifying English learners. Although Maine currently has these uniform procedures, it has been more than a decade since Maine has made any amendments to its Home Language Survey, and it was in 2013 that Maine underwent its latest data study to review English learners’ performance on academic assessments and their correlating WIDA ACCESS for ELLs scores.
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